Shakespeare

Jerusalem highlights: August 7-13

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

|ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Do not disturb until Chelyabinsk
Expulsion of Jews.

The uniqueness of hatred toward the Jews: From expulsion from England to today - opinion

Thus England became the first state in recorded history to completely expel its entire Jewish population, opening a historical floodgate of expulsions across the continent.

|BySHIMON REFAELI
Orange cat. (Illustrative)

Exit, pursued by a… cat? Feline friend steals show at production of Romeo and Juliet in Turkey

To his credit, Romeo, played by Brazilian dancer Pedro Seara, managed to lie nearly perfectly still, only cracking a small smile as the cat affectionately named ‘Romeow’ by netizens, rolled by him.

|BySHIR PERETS
File Photo: A Sothebys employee handles a copy of William Shakespeare, The First Folio 1623 in London, England, July 7, 2006.

British professor uncovers location of Shakespeare’s London home using previously unknown documents

Munro’s find is historically significant, painting a very different picture of where Shakespeare may have spent time in his later years then what was originally thought. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Was Shakespeare antisemitic? New book examines Shylock

A new take: The play “opens the door for questioning” entrenched antisemitism.

NOVEMBER 11, 2021By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
DEPICTION OF Shylock, 1700s.

Jerusalem Highlights Week of August 20 – 26

Don't know what to do in Jerusalem the coming week? Here's a list of suggestions.

AUGUST 19, 2021ByHAGAY HACOHEN
THEATER IN the Rough.

‘Romeo and Juliet’ offers more than LGBT kiss - review

From the first moment the curtain is raised and we behold the set Roni Toren designed, we know what we are in for.

AUGUST 15, 2021ByHAGAY HACOHEN
ALLA VASILEVITSKY (sitting) and Tal Bergman play Giulietta and Romeo, respectively, at the Israeli Opera production of Bellini’s ‘I Capuleti ed i Montecchi’.

LGBT-friendly remake of 'Romeo and Juliet' is vintage Hanan Snir

When the now 78-year-old director Snir is around, always expect the unexpected

AUGUST 10, 2021ByBARRY DAVIS
RUSSIAN-BORN soprano Alla Vasilevetsky and Israeli-born counterpart Tal Bergman in ‘I Capuleti e I Montecchi’ (‘The Capulets and the Montagues,’ aka ‘Romeo and Juliet’)

Shakespeare returns to Jerusalem park

Theater in the Rough’s ‘Henry IV’ opens on August 11.

AUGUST 2, 2021ByGABRIELLE ABRAMS
THE CAST of ‘Henry IV’ including Natan Skop (bottom center) and Ira Skop (top center).

LGBTQ: Israeli Opera casts two female leads as Romeo and Juliet

Bellini's Romeo and Juliet was written with two female voices in mind. Hanan Snir, the director of the show, has decided to take it one step further and adapted the story to two female lovers.

JULY 26, 2021ByMAAYAN GILOH
Israel Opera's production of Romeo and Juliet with two female leads

Author omits ‘Merchant of Venice’ from anthology, citing antisemitism

Michael Morpurgo told The Guardian on Monday about the decision not to include the play in the “Tales from Shakespeare” anthology for children older than 6.

JANUARY 5, 2021ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
Shylock and his daughter, Jessica, in this painting by Maurycy Gottlieb: A storyline of brokenhearted fathers is still relevant today

Shakespeare in the South

Desert youth bask – and flourish – in the limelight

MARCH 12, 2020ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
MIDDLE AND high school students from the Hevel Eilot region perform ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at Elad Theater.

Clipa Theater takes on Shakespeare

The show will have its opening night on Wednesday, January 29th at 8:30pm and will include English subtitles.

JANUARY 25, 2020ByCARMEL MADADSHAHI
‘A MIDSUMMER Night’s Dream in Space.’

Shakespeare for laughs: The Virgin Atlantic London in Tel Aviv Festival

The American troupe is principally coming over here to participate in the inaugural Virgin Atlantic London in Tel Aviv Festival, which takes in a range of disciplines in Tel Aviv November 27-30.

NOVEMBER 14, 2019ByBARRY DAVIS
'Hamlet's Big Adventure!'